Site of Hempton Priory is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1959. Ruins.
Site of Hempton Priory
- WRENN ID
- secret-cornice-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1959
- Type
- Ruins
- Address
- Site of Hempton Priory, Dereham Road
- OS grid reference
- TF 916 288
- Coordinates
- 52.82332, 0.84265
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The site of Hempton Priory, formerly known as the Ruins of Priory, is located approximately one hundred metres east of Dereham Road. This was a priory dedicated to Saints Mary and Stephen, established in 1135 by Roger de St. Martin. At the time of the Dissolution, four canons remained at the priory. The site features flint rubble foundations, but no other identifiable structures remain. It is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Number 94.
Local climate
Site of Hempton Priory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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